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The dons : mentors, eccentrics, and geniuses / Noel Annan.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating LB2331.74.G7 A55 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Annan, Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron, 1916-2000.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--Great Britain--Faculty--History.
- Universities and colleges.
- College teachers--Great Britain--Biography.
- College teachers.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 357 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1999.
- Summary:
- AcknowledgmentsList of IllustrationsIntroductionsI. The Dons Create an Intellectual AristocracyII. The Genesis of the Modern Don--William BucklandIII. The Charismatic Don--John Henry NewmanIV. Benjamin Jowett and the Balliol TraditionV. The Don as Scholar--Frederic MaitlandVI. The Pastoral Don--The Ethos of King'sVII. The Trinity Scientists--J.J. and RutherfordVIII. The Don as Wit--Maurice BowraIX. The Don as Performer--George RylandsX. The Don as Dilettante--John SparrowXI. The Don as Magus--Isaiah BerlinXII. Women Dons in CambridgeXIII. The Don as AdministratorXIV. "Down with Dons"Annexe: The Intellectual AristocracyIndex
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0226021076
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